Valisha Graves ’85

Valisha Graves

Cornell degree: AB ’85 (A&S)

Professional experience:

  • Executive Director, JPMorgan Chase, Community & Consumer Bank, Senior Digital Product Lead – API Marketplace, 2021–present
  • Executive Director, Morgan Stanley, 2006–2021
    • Head Account Onboarding Fraud Controls & Product Strategy, Wealth Management, 2020–2021
    • Head of Onboarding Strategy, One Client Data Initiative, Wealth Management, 2018–2020
    • Practice Lead, Enterprise Infrastructure & Computing Practice, 2017–2018
    • Product Owner, Technology Asset Inventory (TAI), Enterprise Computing, 2015–2017
    • Business Technology Officer, Global Capital Markets, 2011–2015
    • Product Manager, Research, Investment Banking & Equity Derivatives, 2006–2011
    • Vice President, ModelWare Team, 2005–2006

Alumni service:

  • President’s Council of Cornell Women, chair, 2021–present; vice chair, 2020–2021; Communications Committee co-chair, 2018–2020; member at large, 2016–present
  • Cornell University Council, member at large, 2019–present; Administrative Board member, 2020–2021; ex officio, 2021–present
  • Cornell Mosaic, member at large, 2018–present; Executive Committee member, 2014–2020; Development Committee chair, 2019–2020
  • W.E. Cornell Advisory Board, member, 2019–present
  • Arts & Sciences Career Connections Committee, Finance Team member, 2015–present
  • Cornell Alumni Admissions Ambassador Network, member, 2009–present
  • Cornell Black Alumni Association, lifetime member
  • Cornell Alumni Association of New York, member

Community/public service/ philanthropic priorities:

  • Suffield Academy, Trustee, 1988–present; Strategic Planning and Audit & Finance Committee (current), Investment Committee (past)
  • Council for Urban Professionals (CUP) Tech Catalyst, 2022–present
  • NYU Fubon Center Fintech Advisory Board, 2021–present
  • CFA New York Fintech Thought Leadership Committee, chair, 2020–present
  • 92Y Women inPower Fellow, 2019–present
  • Big Brothers, Big Sisters, 2007–2016
  • 100 Women in Fintech, member
  • Abyssinian Baptist Church
  • Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. (AKA), general member
  • Morgan Stanley EDIT (Enhancing Diversity in Tech) forum co-founder

Other education:

  • Master of Business Administration, Columbia Business School, 1994
  • Carpigiani Gelato University (Bologna), Basic Gelato Course, 2013

Student involvements/activities:

  • Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Mu Upsilon Chapter
  • Cornell in Washington
  • Cornell University Ambassador
  • Cornell Tradition Fellowship
  • Olin Library student employee